I
am a sophomore college student
in a Communications class this
semester. I've been assigned
to give a speech on the differences
between Radical and Post-Modern
feminism, but I really know
very little on either subject....
Especially the post-modern.
I was wondering if you'd be
able to refer me to a place
where I might find articles
and information for that. I
figured, when giving a speech
on feminism, feminists are probably
the best people to go to. Thank
you for your help, Robert

Thanks
for your note to Feminist.com.
I also vote for plain old "feminism"
and feel that any qualifier
is only an attempt to divide
feminists and feminism than
unify it. However, I did consult
some dictionaries to help you
with your speech:

Postfeminism..."focuses
on cultural forms as against
structural analysis, especially
in the role of Culture and Language...Its
use...indicates that feminism
has succeeded in shifting the
terrain of cultural politics;
not necessarily implying that
the battle has been won,...but
making it necessary to read
texts differently..." Those
who disagree with the term do
so because it implies that feminism
has somehow been won, ignoring
the political struggles that
still lie ahead of us. Post
feminism is more of an academic
term--and is lite on class analysis.
The quoted section comes from
the Glossary of Feminist
Theory by Sonya Andemahr,
Terry Lovell, and Carol Wolkowitz.

Radical
Feminism.....was born out
of radical/leftist politics--which
tended to overlook women's contribution.
Many radical feminists see men
as the direct oppressors of
women--rather than society.
Radical Feminism was active
during the late 1960s and early
1970s....And much of this was documented in the book Daring
to Be Bad. You can also
find a good/comprehensive entry
in the Readers Companion
to U.S. Women's History
(available at the Feminist.com
Bookstore).